Week In Review: MARTA boss out over immigration issues and a Georgia Republican's $140M Ponzi scheme

MARTA’s board says CEO Collie Greenwood, who is Canadian, is taking early retirement after he stepped down abruptly this week over immigration issues. (Emil Moffatt/WABE)

This week in Atlanta news, MARTA’s board says CEO Collie Greenwood, who is Canadian, is taking early retirement after he stepped down abruptly this week over immigration issues.

A prominent Georgia Republican is apologizing for an alleged Ponzi scheme that cost investors millions in the now defunct First Liberty Building and Loan.

Georgia’s physician shortage could grow worse because of changes to medical student-loan programs under President Donald Trump’s spending and tax bill that passed earlier this month.